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UNITED S rATEs PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN B. GBAWFORD AND CHA-RLES E. TEMPLE, OF TERRE HAUTE, IND.

FAN ATTACH M EN T.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,416, dated February 20, 1883 Application filed December 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may co cm:

Be it known that we, MARTINB. GRAWFORD and OHARLES E. TEMPLE, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fan Attachments; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings,.which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved fly-fan, showing its constructionand arrangement for operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

The same letters refetto the same parts in all the figures;

This invention relates to fiy-fans; and it consists in certain improvements in the Construction of the same,`which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents a suitable rod or handle, provided at its lower end with a sleeve, B, having a set-screw, C. D is a rod or stem sl'ding longitudinally upon the handle A, and having a s'leeve, E, encircling the latter, as shown. The stem D may, it will be seen, be moved to any desired position upon the handle A, after which, by tightening the set-screw C, it may be fastened securely in such position; The lower end of the stem D has a cross-piece, F, to which a suitably-constructed brush, G, may be Secured by means of a clamping-strip, H, or in any other suitable manner. The' handle A is se- 'cured at its upper end to' a flat spring, 1, which is bent, as shown, and Secured to the' under side of the ceiling of the room in which the device is to be used by means of a clamp, J, (shown in detail in'Fig. 3 of the drawings,) and consisting of a plate, K, having a narrow win g or flange turned under it, and provided with a curved hearing-edge for the spring, and with a perforation, M, to receive the fastening-screw N. The plate K, it will be seen,-rests against the ceiling of the room, thus preventing the spring from wearing into the same. The curved .hearing-edge, which is denoted by letter L,

forms a smooth and even hearing for the spring,

the durability of which is thus enhanced, and bythe single fastening-screw N the spring and elamp are Secured in position. By loosenin g the screw the spring maybe readilylengthened or Shortened, as required. The upper end of the handle A has an eye, O, to which is secured a cord or wire, P, leading over suitablyarranged pulleys or screw-eyes Q in one of the walls of the room, and having its other end' attached to a foot plate or stirrup, S, Secured to the lower endof a rod, R, having at its npper end a hook, T, by which it may be hooked or Suspended in a staple, U, under a table or similar piece of furniture in the room.

The operation of our invention will be easily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto .annexed. A person seated at the table, which in the drawings is denoted by V, may with great ease operate the. swinging rod T, thus, through the medium of the cord or wire P, operating the brush or fan, which is retracted by thespring Land which, being Suspended by the said spring, has a' shaking or vibrating motion, which is very desirable and useful in this class of devices. The elevation of the brush over the table may be readily adjusted by raising or lowering the stem D.

When the device is not in use the brush may be raised to its limit, so as to be out of the way, and the swinging rod may be detached from the table and suspended upon a hook,W, upon the wall by means of a ring or eye', X, secured to the cord P near the stirrup S. When therod R is thus suspended'the cord or wire P is stretched and the brush drawn up to the position shown in dotted line in Fig. 2, thus lit'ting it out of the way of persons moving about in the room.

Inlieu of the cord and pulleys herein shown, rods and bell-crank levers may be employed for communicating motion from the swingng rod R to the brush. It may also be found expedient to su pplement the spring I with acoiled spring, Y, connecting the upper end of the brush-handle with a hook, Z, under the ceiling; or the said coiled spring may take the place of the spring Lin which case the brushhandle should be hinged directly under the ceilin g.

We claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- IOO 1. The herein-deseribed flyfan or hrush, consisting of a handle Suspended under the ceiling by means of a. fiat spring, and having a sleeve provided with a set-screw to retain an extension-handle, having at its upper end a sleeve encircling the handle and at its lower end a cross-bar carrying the brush, in combinetion with suitable mechanism for reciprocating or vibrating the said fan or brush,as set forth.

2. The combination,with the herein-described fly fan or brnsh having a flat spring at its npper end, of the ciamp or plate K, having under-turned wing or flange provided with u' curved hearing-edge, L, and pe'i'oration M, and the set-screw N, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The eonbination of the fly-fan, the suspending-spring, the swinging'rod B, having stirrup S, a crd or wire connecting said Stirrnp with the said fly-fan, and suitable guide 20 pulleys or eyes, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The eombination of the fly-fan, the suspending-spring, the detaehable swinging rod R, having stirrup S, the cord P, connecting said stirrup with the fiy-fan, and having ring 25 or eye X, suitable guide pulleys or eyes, and the hook W, all arranged and Operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aifixed our signatures 0 in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN B. CRAWFORD, GHARLES E. TEMPLE. XVitnesses SAMUEL RoYsE, A. H. KILDOW. 

